A special senate election in one state would not normally command much attention outside the United States but such is the intense interest in anything related to Donald Trump that the Alabama race has become headline news around the world.

There can be no doubt that staff from the Department of Infrastructure work exceptionally hard to keep traffic flowing smoothly and safely during sub-zero temperatures of the kind experienced over recent days.

There you go, Brexit is sorted – no real borders in Ireland or on the Irish sea, nationalists, unionists, Dublin and London are all satisfied with the EU deal and we’re all going to live happily ever after in a pan European utopia

January 10 2017 is a day that will stand in history. It was the day where we witnessed Martin McGuinness appear on our TV screens to read aloud his letter of resignation, calling time on the most recent phase of power sharing in the north of Ireland.